Tehran 0
15 September 2018

Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, emphasised that "the Europeans and other [JCPOA] signatories must act to offset the consequences of the U.S. sanctions", adding that "Europe said the nuclear agreement was in its security interest. Then Europe must be ready to pay for its security... nothing is for free". He went on to say that Iran could "reduce implementation [of the JCPOA], without cancelling it" if European measures fell short of Iranian expectations, and indicated that "only when Europe ensures that [the agreement] is implemented can Iran see if the attempt should be made to talk about other issues". 

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